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### Step 2: Rotary Table Setup

To setup your rotary table:

1. Start PC-DMIS.

2. Create a new measurement routine. It should have the same Measurement Units (IN or MM) as your machine for ease in debugging problems, but this is not mandatory.

3. Select the machine of interest from the Settings toolbar using the list.

PC-DMIS NCI only assigns one machine per PC-DMIS computer, so there is no list.

You should select the correct machine from the Settings toolbar whether you are creating paths for calibration, rotary table configuration, or general measurement routines.

4. Select Operation | Calibrate/Edit | Rotary Table to open the Rotary Table Setup dialog box.

You can also access the Rotary Table Setup dialog box from the Edit | Preferences | Rotary Table Setup menu option.

Rotary Table Setup dialog box

5. From the upper-left area of the dialog box, select the type of rotary table configuration:

   - No Rotary Table - Rotary table is not being used.

   - Single Rotary Table - For a single rotary table.

   - Dual Rotary Table - Two rotary tables, not necessarily stacked.

   - Stacked Rotary Tables - Two rotary tables that are stacked.

6. For Dual or Stacked Rotary Table configurations, and you select either the Table W or Table V option, you must specify the parameters for each table. The settings for each table is independent of the other.

7. For each rotary table, select either the Table is Index Type or Table is Infinite Type option.

8. For each rotary table, select either the Table is Manual or Table is DCC option.

9. For each rotary table, select the Axis for Table from the drop-down list box. Select the normal vector of the table. The software uses this axis when you define the Direction of Positive Rotation.

Specify the Axis for Table before updating the XYZ values.

10. Enter the nominal location of the table center in the XYZ boxes. You should enter this value in "machine coordinates", with no active tool or work offsets.

11. Do not update the IJK vector values directly.

12. Select either CLOCKWISE or COUNTERCLOCKWISE from the Direction of Positive Rotation drop-down box. CNC machines can have a left-handed relationship between the table axis vector and direction of rotation. The direction of rotation defines how the table turns when one is looking "down" the Axis for Table Vector.

13. Enter the nominal location of the table center in the XYZ Center boxes. You should enter this value in "machine coordinates", with no active tool or work offsets.

14. Enter the normal vector of the table in the IJK Vector boxes.

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Work offsets are assumed not to be in effect for Rotary Table calibration.